St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-24
new YORK'S LATEST.
A Wealthy Merchant Fails to Show Up in
" His Usual Place.
STRANGE WOMEN INVOLVED
Payment Refused of Check Purporting
to Have Been Signed Since
His Disappearance.
Special TO the Globe.

Special TO the Globe.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-The friends of
Patrick TrenOr, for more than fifty years
wholesale dealer in syrups and cor
dialS on VeSey street, are much eXer-
cised over his disappearance. He is
nearly eighty years of age, and is some
what feeble. Mr.. Trenor is eccentric in
his habits. He has a handsome brown
stone front in Brooklyn, but lives alone.
He has not single relative in the world.
His property is estimated to be worth
over 100000. There is no person EN-
plOyed about the business establishment
except eOlored man. Mr.. Trenor
has been missing from his business
establishment and his brown stone front
since Saturday. On that day two ladies
came to the store, and must have talked
with Mr.. Trenor for some little while.
When they left the took the old gentle
man with them. John, the colored man,
saw his employer leaving and stopped
him. He suspected something wrong,
but, having no other excuse, asked for
his wages. The old man handed him a
portion of what was due him and left.
He did not appear to knew where he
was going, and the ladies did not vol
unteer any information. Mr.. Trenor
did not return and has not returned
since.
On Monday man came to the store
for the key Of the Brooklyn residence,
but it was not given to him. On Wednes-
day man who represented himself to
be lawyer from Buffalo named Clark
presented himself at the store and
asked for the key OF the store,
at the same time showing what pur-
ported to be written order from Mr..
Trtnor. The colored man was some
what staggered by this, but concluded
not to pay attention to it till he had con-
suited w. Ii. Armstrong and Mr.
Cook. the former of whom has been for
many years close friend and adviser
of Mr.. TrenoT. The two gentlemen
were sent for at once. When they were
shown the letter their suspicious were
aroused. They informed Lawyer Clark
that they would like TO see Mr. Trenor
himself, before the key was delivered
They could see no reason why he wanted
the key any way, and they would also
like to know where he was.
''Certainly," said Lawyer Clark. ''you
shall see him if yon wish to. | will take
you to him."
The trio took the elevated train and
rode up to Harlem. The Buffalo lawyer
took them to an apartment honse in
Harlem. When they had arrived at the
house he babe them be seated in the sit
tlng-roem while he went in to see Mr..
Trenor. He was absent few moments.
When he returned he stated that Mr..
TrenGr could not see them. Mr.Trenor's
lawyer was consulted. He advised
awaiting developments. They have
been maturing since then in the form OF
several requests for his keys and threats
of suits unless they We're delivered.
The colCIed man has steadily refused to
surrender them, and to-day he Il c'led
the store and put detective on guard
to prevent any one taking possession.
The ladies who visited the store are
Mrs. f. p. Stover and her sister. Mrs.
n. L. Clark. The apartments i'll Har-
lem were rented about a year and a
half ago. The ClarkS came from Corn
wall. Their only relation to Mr.. Trenor
is that they were formerly his debtors.
Nh. Trenor once lent them some money
Oh dock property at Cornwall. The
debt not being discharged. Mr.. Trenor
was obliged to foreclose the mortgage
and buy in the property.
The fact that Mr.. Trenor is an old
man; feeble and easily influenced, is
| possessed of a large, property, has DO
relatives and presumably no friends
who would actively interest themselves
about him, would make him an easy
| prey for any person OF designing
mind. The occurrences that are above
/ narrated have therefore given rise to
grave apprehensions. The people who
| took him away claim that he is ill and
| they are nursing him.
Since his disappearance check for
| $500, purporting to be signed by him.
| has been presented at the Chemical
| bank. Payment was refused because
! the signature of Mr.. TrenOr did not ap-
pear to be satisfactory. The teller said
| lie didn't think any paper now signed
| by MI. TrenOr would pass. The parties
at the store said Mr.. Trenor had had nc
occasion to give a check of that amount
! When asked if the stub Of his check
book showed such a sum, they said the
parties had taken the key of the safe
with them.
Ebenezer Cock, dealer in proprie-
tary articles, says he has been ali init
mate friend OF Mr.. Treiior for many
years, and has been frequently con.
| suited by him.
About three weeks ago." said MI
Cook, ''Mr. Trenor told me that two
women had been in to see him, and that
| they had worried him great DEAL
IrenOr told him that they had talked
to him about his dying. and asked him
whether he had made his WILL They
had asked him if he hal d lawyer. and
said they could get him real nice law
yer who would draw up the will right.
Il told him." continued Nj. Cook,
''that he knew what he was about, and
advised him to show them the door when
they came to talk to him in that way.
Ii there ever was anything Trenor didn't
want to talk about it was death. But
he said they did poster him awfully."
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS MEN.
What Agassiz, Dickens, Daudet,
and Leigh Hunt Owed to Their
Mothers.
From the Woman's Argosy.
The mothers of famous men are al
ways interesting studies. Concerning
many of those women the world knows
much, but of the majority it is ignorant.
The mother Of Louis AgassiZ, the
scientist. was the wife of a Swiss Pro-